He is a lovely rooster who allows cuddles! He is big, about 2 foot tall and has beautiful feathers that are shades of ginger /orange. If it is kidney failure , which I suspect, there is nothing I can do.

Mine are also free range and I only ever give them stale baguettes that are shop made. He hasn't come out of the house yet but it is raining so I am leaving him in there. He is standing on the floor now so I guess the perch is not comfortable. The girls are going in to lay their eggs so it can't be bothering them. I check on him every hour but all seems much the same so far. He has no interest in food or water.

Same with Boris, I swapped him for a vegetarian cookery book, bizarre or what! He was full grown and although I was told he was a year old I had no way of telling. I saw him poo the other day which is what made me think it is kidney failure due to age. Very sad but part of life. I have a hen who struggles to walk and looks like a penguin when she stands, the others bully her so she has a fenced off section of the coop with her own house. She loves cuddles and I hand feed her pasta! She gives me an egg every day! I am really missing Boris crowing in the morning and his son Bubble crows less now too as he used to respond to his dad. I always hate losing one of my family but it goes with the territory I know.